EU Court Ruling Strikes Blow Against State-Run Online Gambling
The European Court of Justice, the legal arm of the European Union, handed down a decision today that bolsters the rights of online poker and gambling sites to market their products and services throughout the whole of EU member nations…
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Poker argot:
- POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time. Note that a player wanting to raise first calls the bet, then totals the pot to determine the maximum amount he can raise.
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- WIRED [PAIR] - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
- WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
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